TSB Challenge #1

Today is an exciting day over at The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog as we are starting our new bi-weekly challenges, so make sure to check in every other Tuesday for the challenge.  Also there will be one lucky winner of 5 images of their choice from TSB Store + 3 projects will be chosen as Top 3 and get a cool blinie/button for their blogs!

Are you ready?   Well grab those embellies and embossing folders becuase to start things off the challenge is all about:

The Stamping Boutique 

T=Texture, S=Sparkle, B=Buttons

So I decided to start things off with a layout for this challenge and am going to try to always make layouts for challenges to show how digital images can be used in scapbooking.  I grabbed my new fave scrapbooking idea book CTMH Magic decided to use this cute layout called BackStage, this is the left side of double layout (stay tuned for right side coming soon to coordinate).  I knew I wanted to make something fun and springy and this cute lil' gal called Bunny Egg was perfect!  I colored her with Copics and then added lots of sparkle with my black Spica pen and Sparkly Fluff in Cotton Candy Pink that I picked up at i {heart} papers store.  I also cut out the bow and egg shell and popped it up just a smidge.

I grabbed my fave Cuttlebug embossing folder, Swiss Dots to add a little texture to my half circle.  All edges are inked with CTMH Ink Pads- Baby Pink and Key Lime.  I added all those fantastic buttons, which are also from CTMH and a little ribbon and my masterpiece is almost complete.  Just need a nice Easter photo to call this one done!

Here is a close-up of my sweet lil' bunny friend all sparkly and ready for some Easter fun!  Now what are you waiting for, go dig into your fave embelllies (Kim- it's that box of goodies I always want to play in, LOL!) and show us your texture, sparkle, and buttons!  You can join the challenge and find all the deets here.

I am entering this in the following challenges also:

KB Cute Monday- anything goes with a digi
Woodware USA Challenge- anything goes
Stamp Fairy-anything but a card
Ooh La La Creations Challenges- pink, pink, pink (I used lots of that!)
Tellen's Place-buttons (got lots of those on this layout)
Gem of a Challenge-buttons, brads, beads, bows ( I used lots of buttons and fancy bow)

  



Hoppy Easter

Isn't this image as cute as can be? This lil' cutie is called Bunny Egg and is one of the newest images in the spring line from The Stamping Boutique.

The image is printed on a cream cardstock and then colored with Copics. The papers and ribbon are all from my huge stash.  The sentiment is from Stampendous set called Changito Hop.

Added a little embossing using Swiss Dots embossing folder and circles are punched using my Stampin' Up punches.  Everything is inked with CMTH Olive or Cocoa.  Oh those little pearls I picked up at Michael's in the dollar section (got them in pink, green, and yellow). The top note shape is actually a QuicKutz die I used in my Cuttlebug.

Here are the challenges that I will be entering:

Color Dare-Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke, Neutral of Choice
Daring Cardmakers - using items from $1 shop ( my pearls are from $1 section at Michael's ribbon I got online at DollarScrapbooking.net)
Fairy Knoll- use green
Fashionista Friday- use purple
Fussy and Fancy Challenge- embossing ( I used Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folder)
Party Time Tuesdays-anything goes
Guylou's Inimitability- anything goes 
Do You Stack Up- anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey-anything goes
Paper Romance- anything goes
Paper Cutz- Spring
Crafty Sentiments-Spring
Forgottten Scraps- Spring 
Delightful Sketches-  use your scraps (all my papers are from my scrap pile)
Digi Doodles- Spots & dots (embossing using Swiss dots + dots on image)
Hanna & Friends- purple+1 other color
Samuel Taylor Challenge- use Copics ( I used V01/12/15, BV00, W1/5/7, BG93, R81/85, RV000, colorless blender)
Shelley's Images-use ribbon
Little Red Wagon-animals
Bearly Mine Challenges- ribbon and pearls